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[Mark Guthrie <mguthriejr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I watched the video that you linked to. The question I have is that you
said "it seems easier than dealing with layouts," but wouldn't you just use
that info to select the proper layout?
 On Jul 14, 2013 2:14 PM, "Joseph Mills" <josephjamesmills@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Ok SO I thought about it some more on my day off from work and this is
> what I came up with,
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38w0XWHuFcA
>
> I am sure that Each one of the things that are plugged /qDebuged() out
> could be used and or read across dbus with ease.  It is just a matter of
> how Canonical want to do It. I think and I think wrong on things that I
> think about a lot.....  At any rate.  I implemented that code into my app
> in under 4 hours.  And Have never touched that class till today. Seems Like
> that would be a lot faster also then dealing with layouts.
>
>
> Joseph
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Dinko Osmankovic <dinko.metalac@xxxxxxxxx
> > wrote:
>
>> I think the best thing for desktop is to put everything from toolbars to
>> the global menu. It's quite visible there.
>>  On 14 Jul 2013 20:03, "Zisu Andrei" <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> That is why I think that it is best to look at options that just look at
>>>> the screen. But I am sure that there is flaws in my ideas there always is :
>>>> )
>>>
>>> I can't remember if it was a vUDS or here on the mailing lists, but
>>> there was a discussion about that. The "options" method was preffered.
>>>
>>> Zisu Andrei
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14 July 2013 18:45, Joseph Mills <josephjamesmills@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sorry I did not read this before the last message that I posted.  The
>>>> only thing that I see wrong with what you are talking about is the Mouse
>>>> stuff.  What If I have a mouse attached to a phone ? That is why I think
>>>> that it is best to look at options that just look at the screen. But I am
>>>> sure that there is flaws in my ideas there always is : ) . at any rate
>>>> something needs to be done about the form-factor thingy.  have a good one.
>>>>
>>>> Joseph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Martin Kaistra <admin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Am 14.07.2013 18:57, schrieb Joseph Mills:
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Yeah that is what I meant swipe is not ideal for desktops or anything
>>>>> > that uses a mouse. As far as things having labels on them ie phone
>>>>> > core apps. I don't think that that should matter the programmer
>>>>> should
>>>>> > have a way to say if desktop use this else do this. It down not
>>>>> matter
>>>>> > what the platform what matters is it does what the end user wants it
>>>>> > to do. Not my personal feelings and again they don't matter. But a
>>>>> > simple thing like
>>>>> > If (Qt.platform ==== "Linux") do this or some sorta bool option that
>>>>> a
>>>>> > Dev can use. Maybe a c++ dbus plugin that says what kinda device it
>>>>> > is. There are many options. The import part of all this IMHO (again
>>>>> > does not matter) is that nothing gets locked into one thing. What if
>>>>> I
>>>>> > want to run this on desktop TV toaster oven that is my choice as a
>>>>> end
>>>>> > user.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> My understanding was that as part of the convergence you can choose
>>>>> your
>>>>> layout based not only on screen size but also depending on the input
>>>>> devices available. The toolbar and other SDK components though should
>>>>> behave differently automatically when there is a mouse available.
>>>>>
>>>>> martin
>>>>>
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